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then more recently i get more interested in american foreign policy. >> sure also a senior fellow at the u.s. joint special operations. what do you do there? >> well, i joined the special operations unit in tampa. i write on insurgency's for them , things like winning hearts and minds or some of the military practices that we use such as indirect warfare which is a fancy term. we get others to help and partner with us about things about dividing our enemies so that we don't take on all our enemies but, perhaps, use them against each other. currently i am looking into the relationship between specialw forces and the centralñv intelligence agency. >> we have not talked about a run yet. what is in your view the best policy? >> it is most formidable of all of the rogue states. and it is the most difference. the other rogue states were dictatorships, military dictatorships, some which imitated the soviet union with tracking this socialism and communism such as north korea and cuba. others were more military dictatorships such as libya, iran and iraq, but i should say, it emerged from
then more recently i get more interested in american foreign policy. >> sure also a senior fellow at the u.s. joint special operations. what do you do there? >> well, i joined the special operations unit in tampa. i write on insurgency's for them , things like winning hearts and minds or some of the military practices that we use such as indirect warfare which is a fancy term. we get others to help and partner with us about things about dividing our enemies so that we don't take on...
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>>host: what percent of foreign policy is focused on the road? >> a great deal. it does not go. we have a problem with china from time to time or our european allies, and certainly recurrence of power struggles with the government is in russia but also very small states but because of the nuclear factor or chemical or biological, they attract a lot of attention to as a consequence we spend a disproportionate time may be some times when her to% but then in the same as the case of boris korea it comes for example, negative tension over the last three or four weeks and how it seems to be dissipating in.will reemerge later on. there are times the unit's states is focused would have to present or 40 percent of our we have the internal crisis or a political even to a and all of the attention. i could give you legislation or in economic problem but the foreign policy from the size that they are, they+ argue -- occupy a great deal of attention that it has collapsed. >> would about cuba? >>guest: at one time it was the spearpoint they were the most aggressive with nicaragua, bolivia, ev
>>host: what percent of foreign policy is focused on the road? >> a great deal. it does not go. we have a problem with china from time to time or our european allies, and certainly recurrence of power struggles with the government is in russia but also very small states but because of the nuclear factor or chemical or biological, they attract a lot of attention to as a consequence we spend a disproportionate time may be some times when her to% but then in the same as the case of...
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they had an impact on the president, foreign policy and public opinion. by the time of pearl harbor thanks in large part to this push that people made, public attitudes -- in 1949 and even in the early part of 1940s this country was heavily isolationist. by the time of pearl harbor the american people were well aware they would have to have the fight to answer this war. most came to the conclusion it was necessary. according to polls in 1941, substantial majority of the u.s. population now are regarded defeating nazi is and as the biggest job facing the country and a similar majority preferred u.s. entry into the war to a german victory over britain blue psychological and emotional separation for war was one major reason for the immediate unity of the country, once war was declared against japan, germany and italy. after all the bitter conflict of the previous two years america was finally ready to claim its future. thank you. [applause] >> now we come to the favorite part, at least for me of my talk and that is questions and comments. anybody? there is a
they had an impact on the president, foreign policy and public opinion. by the time of pearl harbor thanks in large part to this push that people made, public attitudes -- in 1949 and even in the early part of 1940s this country was heavily isolationist. by the time of pearl harbor the american people were well aware they would have to have the fight to answer this war. most came to the conclusion it was necessary. according to polls in 1941, substantial majority of the u.s. population now are...
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they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in nation building. and nation building means institution building. we are doing it. sometimes we are succeeding, sometimes we are not. but i think it's important to strengthen democracy, to strengthen the legal system, to help them build and educate them how to build their democratic institutions. even teach them how our parties work. i know we are not that happy with the way our parties work, but, you know, how to respond more to constituencies. i'm not saying that the united states has the ability to solve their problems, you know? sometimes, you know, you t
they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in...
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actually when it comes to this, yeah, we do have a lot in common and we probably have the same foreign-policy objectives and we want the same things. but the idea that we can expect the united states to do us any favors, i am often think our politicians forget it. >> host: what you call your book retribution? >> guest: i think that retribution is what many if not most americans supportive felt like. a hatred that was sort of felt. a brilliant american historian who was over there. many of them found it very difficult to understand why they were then why they were fighting the germans at all. what is japan, is completely because of pearl harbor. and also because americans have habits to store things with china. americans have been tremendously exercised about the ghastly doings of the japanese in china, and all of the other things. savimbi americans heated the japanese. in way that they did not hate the germans. they saw what happened. the retribution covers this. most americans saw all of this is a great exercise on retribution. i think that in the end, the japanese have gone to the war deter
actually when it comes to this, yeah, we do have a lot in common and we probably have the same foreign-policy objectives and we want the same things. but the idea that we can expect the united states to do us any favors, i am often think our politicians forget it. >> host: what you call your book retribution? >> guest: i think that retribution is what many if not most americans supportive felt like. a hatred that was sort of felt. a brilliant american historian who was over there....
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the values of free market, values of democracy, and they adopted for themselves, but their foreign policy is basically supporting bolivarran revolution, approaching iran, development of the third world, trying to take independent initiatives on the middle east. they are developing the foreign policy with the united states, about it's important to raise those issues. these issues need to be discussed and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think -- i know that some people don't like the word "nation-building." they say went dove hey to be in the business of nation-wilding. we heard that during the iraq crisis. no. i think in the case of latin america, we need to be involved in nation-building, and nation-building means institution-building. we are doing it. sometimes we are succeeding, sometimes we are not. but i think it's important to strengthen democracy, to strengthen the legal system, to help them build and educate them how to build democratic institutions. even teach them how parties work. i know we're not that happy with the way our parties work,
the values of free market, values of democracy, and they adopted for themselves, but their foreign policy is basically supporting bolivarran revolution, approaching iran, development of the third world, trying to take independent initiatives on the middle east. they are developing the foreign policy with the united states, about it's important to raise those issues. these issues need to be discussed and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think -- i know that...
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the idea that the united states needs to base its foreign policy in the future, our little country without dwindling military resources, that somehow because of our purpose of democracy, we believe in freedom roughly speaking, but because of that, we are somehow going to be important here in the future i think it couldn't be more wrong. the united states has to base the analysis of where it stands in the world and in the united states on the more difficult relationships but ultimately much more productive relationships with of the world's coming powers and obviously china is prime among them. it is completely dismissive. that doesn't mean that on occasions we want people to do useful business together kid that doesn't mean that on occasions it will be very useful still for an american president to come to london to see the queen and have pictures across the united states. but when you think of who americans are in future generations, where they come from, what they believe in, the idea that they have the same kind of british people being part of them is mad. that just isn't going to be the
the idea that the united states needs to base its foreign policy in the future, our little country without dwindling military resources, that somehow because of our purpose of democracy, we believe in freedom roughly speaking, but because of that, we are somehow going to be important here in the future i think it couldn't be more wrong. the united states has to base the analysis of where it stands in the world and in the united states on the more difficult relationships but ultimately much more...
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fellow of foreign policy at the national security at the hoover constitution. we interviewed secretary schultz a little while ago. one of his rules of thumbs was that if you're going point a gub at somebody, be prepared to use it. >> that's right. we have -- to a ridiculous point. we have not used the gun at all virtually. we have said that a nuclear armed iran would be unacceptable, we say that iran sport support for terrorism is unacceptable. we have the option, the military option, on the table. we, the president said he's going prevent a nuclear armed iran. and the they said the president isn't bluffing. a lot of words have been expressed. we allowed iran to kill about 1,000 american soldiers in the last thirty years, and we have not pushed back adequately. the only time we pushed back was in 1987 in the gulf. when we pushed back and sank a bunch of iranian speedboats and one iranian ship, the iranians got the message, they stopped putting mines in the gulf, and they stopped firing missiles at u.s. flag -- so we made our point, and iran, if anything, was mo
fellow of foreign policy at the national security at the hoover constitution. we interviewed secretary schultz a little while ago. one of his rules of thumbs was that if you're going point a gub at somebody, be prepared to use it. >> that's right. we have -- to a ridiculous point. we have not used the gun at all virtually. we have said that a nuclear armed iran would be unacceptable, we say that iran sport support for terrorism is unacceptable. we have the option, the military option, on...
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may 30th we'll be hosting christian carroll, the editor of foreign policy magazine, who will be talking about his new book, which looks at the crossroads've religion and the modern global economy. happened in 1979. i don't want to spoil the ending but it happened in 1979. it's a wonderful book and i hope you will consider coming back to join us, but before that, please join me in thanking brian for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you very much. >> cathryn prince talks about the wilhelm gustloff that was transporting women and children in the ball -- ball tick sea in 1945. it was attacked, and caused the death of over a thousand people. this is about 0 minutes. >> good afternoon and it's a real honor and privilege to be speaking with you here today. several years ago my father told me about a german ship sunk at the end of world war ii. he didn't knee much about it other than d he didn't know much about it other than its name and that it was incredibly devastating. so i decided to look that up. and what i discovered that it was in fact the worst maritime disaster in peace or war. mor
may 30th we'll be hosting christian carroll, the editor of foreign policy magazine, who will be talking about his new book, which looks at the crossroads've religion and the modern global economy. happened in 1979. i don't want to spoil the ending but it happened in 1979. it's a wonderful book and i hope you will consider coming back to join us, but before that, please join me in thanking brian for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you very much. >> cathryn prince talks about the...
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policy to john foster dulles, the secretary of state. so it is an interesting book but i actually think that he disapproves his own thesis which is kind of fun when you think about it. another book because i actually served in the senate in the years, many of the years covered in the last great senate which he talks about a number of senators which he thinks is a golden age in the senate in the 60's and the 70's. the characters like ted kennedy and howard baker and jacob javits and robert byrd who got things done and who reached across the aisle and were willing to break with their own party orthodoxy. a kind of been noting that we don't do that anymore very much. any documents, how much dhaka done in that spirit of collaboration and compromise. 8381 is a book by charles and it is a fascinating account of history and which the notions of the christian orthodoxy and heresy were imposed not by the churchgoers but by the leaders of the state, where the state to deplete intervened in convening the council's and insisted on the orthodoxy and
policy to john foster dulles, the secretary of state. so it is an interesting book but i actually think that he disapproves his own thesis which is kind of fun when you think about it. another book because i actually served in the senate in the years, many of the years covered in the last great senate which he talks about a number of senators which he thinks is a golden age in the senate in the 60's and the 70's. the characters like ted kennedy and howard baker and jacob javits and robert byrd...
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policy and i say i don't have one, ronald reagan has won. my job is to help them formulate me. >> from what you have observed has the will of the secretary changed since you were there in the 80's? >> it looks to me as though they are in the same kind of relationships that i had with president nixon or jim baker had with george bush -- i don't know exactly the reason. but i saw the other day that the adviser went to moscow to meet with putin and started arranging that relationship. if i were the secretary of state, i wouldn't tolerate that. so that's my job. and the national security adviser staff person with him, remember when colin powell got the job of the national security advisor reach he understood it and he came around to me and he said i am a member of your staff the president is my main guy but my job is to stuff the council. so that is what got me out of kilter and in my book i had quite a lot to say about the structure of government in what is going i think in the long direction. >> secretary shultz, a couple more issues on your m
policy and i say i don't have one, ronald reagan has won. my job is to help them formulate me. >> from what you have observed has the will of the secretary changed since you were there in the 80's? >> it looks to me as though they are in the same kind of relationships that i had with president nixon or jim baker had with george bush -- i don't know exactly the reason. but i saw the other day that the adviser went to moscow to meet with putin and started arranging that relationship....
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. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host susan glasser of foreign policy magazine. this week, christian caryl and his book, "strange rebels: 1979 and the birth of the 21st century." in it, the senior fellow of the center for international studies at mit argues that a left-leaning con enus developed across the western world after world war ii and that a counterrevolution representing a new era began in 1979 with the election of margaret thatcher as british prime minister and the overthrow of the shah in iran. the program is about an hour. ..
. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host susan glasser of foreign policy magazine. this week, christian caryl and his book, "strange rebels: 1979 and the birth of the 21st century." in it, the senior fellow of the center for international studies at mit argues that a left-leaning con enus developed across the western world after world war ii and that a counterrevolution representing a new era began in 1979 with the election of margaret thatcher as british...
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. >> host: one of the most popular things i run on our website, foreign policy is a photos of afghanistan. people can't get enough, what are they? pictures of women in pencil skirts and snazzy "mad men" era furniture. >> guest: girl students. gerri: development projects and groovy record, hangout kind of clubs and stuff. and you know, there was a sense of afghanistan on a trajectory, a development trajectory. and actually in that period before it started to go downhill, right, u.s. and soviet union were competing for influence in afghanistan. both of them were building big projects. the dam the united states built in the south and the tunnel that connected afghanistan's north with the capital in kabul. these were incredible, they were moving society forward in very significant ways. it has always been a very poor land-locked country but people are astonished to realize, it is such a thought experiment. there was an alternate trajectory that was possible for afghanistan. i do think we all become sort of like, historical determinists after the fact. that was inevitable, wasn't it? what i li
. >> host: one of the most popular things i run on our website, foreign policy is a photos of afghanistan. people can't get enough, what are they? pictures of women in pencil skirts and snazzy "mad men" era furniture. >> guest: girl students. gerri: development projects and groovy record, hangout kind of clubs and stuff. and you know, there was a sense of afghanistan on a trajectory, a development trajectory. and actually in that period before it started to go downhill,...